The Cambridge Guide To American Theatre
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Author | : Don B. Wilmeth |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 1996-06-13 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521564441 |
"This new and updated Guide, with over 2,700 cross-referenced entries, covers all aspects of the American theatre from its earliest history to the present. Entries include people, venues and companies scattered through the U.S., plays and musicals, and theatrical phenomena. Additionally, there are some 100 topical entries covering theatre in major U.S. cities and such disparate subjects as Asian American theatre, Chicano theatre, censorship, Filipino American theatre, one-person performances, performance art, and puppetry. Highly illustrated, the Guide is supplemented with a historical survey as introduction, a bibliography of major sources published since the first edition, and a biographical index covering over 3,200 individuals mentioned in the text."--BOOK JACKET.
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Theater |
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Author | : Julia Listengarten |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 489 |
Release | : 2021-09-09 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 1108570267 |
The Cambridge Companion to American Theatre since 1945 provides an overview and analysis of developments in the organization and practices of American theatre. It examines key demographic and geographical shifts American theatre after 1945 experienced in spectatorship, and addresses the economic, social, and political challenges theatre artists have faced across cultural climates and geographical locations. Specifically, it explores artistic communities, collaborative practices, and theatre methodologies across mainstream, regional, and experimental theatre practices, forms, and expressions. As American theatre has embraced diversity in practice and representation, the volume examines the various creative voices, communities, and perspectives that prior to the 1940s was mostly excluded from the theatrical landscape. This diversity has led to changing dramaturgical and theatrical languages that take us in to the twenty-first century. These shifting perspectives and evolving forms of theatrical expressions paved the ground for contemporary American theatrical innovation.
Author | : Don B. Wilmeth |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 1993-04-30 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521401340 |
This comprehensive guide provides coverage on American theater from its earliest history to the present, with special attention given to contemporary theater throughout the United States. The entries are arranged alphabetically and provide information on mainstream topics, marginalized and alternative theater, popular forms of theater (including the circus, vaudeville, burlesque, etc.) and key plays in the annals of American theater. Over eighty experts on American theater contributed entries to the guide. In addition to some 2,300 brief entries on people, venues, plays, and other theatrical phenomena, almost 100 topical entries are provided, covering theater in major US cities, essays on such disparate subjects as Asian-American theater, theater architecture, female and male impersonation, magic, costume, Shakespeare on the American stage, unions, Hispanic theater, lighting, dramatic theory, and much more. For further reading, approximately 1,000 additional sources are suggested in the text and in a supplemental bibliography. A special feature is a biographical index of more than 3,000 names mentioned in entries, providing dates and major occupations, and cross-listings are indicated throughout the guide.
Author | : Don B. Wilmeth |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 13 |
Release | : 2007-09-13 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0521835380 |
New and updated encyclopedic guide to American theatre, from its earliest history to the present.
Author | : Martin Banham |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 1268 |
Release | : 1995-09-21 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521434379 |
Provides information on the history and present practice of theater in the world.
Author | : Julia Listengarten |
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Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021 |
Genre | : Theater |
ISBN | : 9781108648134 |
"Despite global recognition of American drama afforded by Eugene O'Neill's 1936 Nobel Prize, it would not be until after World War II that American theatre took flight, came into its own, and developed its own distinctive identity. These post-war years through to 1960 can be viewed as a Golden Age for American drama as new plays, new staging, and new acting styles emerged that could be viewed as distinctly American, and would become increasingly influential, worldwide"--
Author | : David Wiles |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 0521766362 |
A wide-ranging set of essays that explain what theatre history is and why we need to engage with it.
Author | : Sarah Stanton |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 436 |
Release | : 1996-03-07 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521446549 |
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Author | : Don B. Wilmeth |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 610 |
Release | : 2006-01-23 |
Genre | : Drama |
ISBN | : 9780521679848 |
Volume Two begins in the post-Civil War period and traces the development of American theater up to 1945. It discusses the role of vaudeville, European influences, the rise of the Little Theater movement, changing audiences, modernism, the Federal Theater movement, major actors and the rise of the star system, and the achievements of notable playwrights. This volume places American theater in its social, economic, and political context.